Mudaliyar (or Mudali) was a Ceylonese colonial title during Portuguese and British rule of the island. Stemming from the native headman system, the title...

title, they are sometimes referred to as Thondaimandala Mudaliar. Ceylonese Mudaliyars List of Mudaliars List of Sengunthars Some of the important endogamous...

headmen of Ceylon Ceylonese Mudaliyars Walauwa Kastane Adigar Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: The Native Headman System "The Mudaliyar Class of Ceylon"...

බණ්ඩාරනායක; 22 May 1862 – 31 July 1946) was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was appointed as Head Mudaliyar and the aide-de-camp to the British Governor...

Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman. Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on 2 December 1865. His...

administrative office by the Dutch in the 1690s. Larger numbers of the Ceylonese Mudaliyars were drawn from the Madapallis who were constantly in rivalry with...

their heads. The Maldivian party was met at the harbor jetty by Ceylonese Mudaliyars in uniform and a Lascarins guard of honour and band, as well as a...

Pedris (Sinhala: හෙන්රි පේද්රිස්; 16 August 1888 – 7 July 1915) was a Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite. Pedris was executed for treason...

Gate Mudaliyar Jeronis de Soysa (19 April 1797 – 28 May 1862) was a pioneering Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a pioneer coffee planter...

building plans from the Sethupathi, but was refused with the advice the Ceylonese were not capable of undertaking such a large construction project. This...

Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne, Gate Mudaliyar, JP, (Sinhala: එඩ්මන්ඩ් රෝලන්ඩ් ජයතිලක ගුණරත්න) was a Ceylonese British colonial-era administrator and...

Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne was a Ceylonese legislator. He was an unofficial member appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the...

actions made him unpopular leading to a revolt by the nominal Christian Mudaliyars Dom Pedro and Dom Luis (also known as Migapulle Arachchi, the son of Periya...

(1875–1953), a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. Sir James Peter Obeyesekere II Maha Mudaliyar, JP (1879–1968), a Ceylonese colonial-era...

J. G. Philipsz Panditaratne was a Ceylonese legislator. He was one of the first unofficial members appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing...

William Ellawala (born 1834) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was the Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was appointed to...

සේනානායක; Tamil: டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon having emerged as...

Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, (Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator...

Mudaliyar Thomas Rodrigo (11 April 1868 – 7 October 1945) was a Ceylonese entrepreneur. He was the owner of the Pagado Tea Rooms. Rodrigo was born in...

romanized: Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative...

Mudaliyar (Mudali - මුදලි) and Muhandiram were retained by government to be awarded as honors. This practice remained until suspension of Ceylonese honors...

powerful Mudaliyar class who loyally served their colonial masters. By the late 19th century the upper-class natives of Ceylon (called Ceylonese by the...

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until...

housed a large number of powerful mudaliyars from the British colonial period. Such notable individuals include: Mudaliyar E. Nannithamby, father-in-law of...

and Justin Pieris Deraniyagala. He was known for his portraits of the Ceylonese leaders of his time. His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the...

Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in, worked...

James Peter Obeyesekere I (????-1880) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the Sinhalese...

Sabaratnam was a member of the Board of Management of the Ramakrishna Mission Ceylonese branch. He died in 1970. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography...

colonial era. It was awarded as a title of honor until suspension of Ceylonese honours in 1956. The post originated from the Portuguese colonial administration...

Gate Mudaliyar Edmund Peiris, JP, UM was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and philanthropist. He was the Mudaliyar of Kalutara and was appointed as a...